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Pat Epps

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Sep 19, 2026

The Hangar with Taildragger - Radio Hangar

The Hangar with Taildragger - Radio Hangar

The Lockheed P Thirty-Eight Lightning, Operation Vengeance, and the Sunday Morning Intercept That Killed the Architect of Pearl Harbor

Sep 19 · 1 Mention

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Tail DraggerHOST
12:15
By the 1980s, those airplanes were under more than 260 feet of glacial ice.
Tail DraggerHOST
12:20
A Georgia businessman and pilot named Pat Epps heard about this and decided to find them.
Tail DraggerHOST
12:25
He organized expeditions through the 80s, located one of the P-38s with ground-penetrating radar, and named her Glacier Girl.
Tail DraggerHOST
12:33
In 1992, the recovery began, using thermal boring equipment that circulated hot water to melt through the ice, Epps and his team cut down through 268 feet of glacier to reach her.

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